KEYS of Bible Study [Session 9]

Notes:

KEY #7: INTERPRET SCRIPTURE IN LIGHT OF GOD’S ____________________.

KEY THOUGHTS:

• God ______________ what God ______________…and,
• God ______________ what God ______________…because
• God ______________ who He ________________! (John 1:1)

KEY PRINCIPLE:

• God is _________________________.That means He never _________________.
• God’s NATURE, God’s ATTRIBUTES, and God’s COUNSELS have ______________ ___________ and will ______________ _________ the SAME!

KEY QUOTE:

“All change must be for the better or for the worse. If God is perfect, He could not change for the better. You cannot improve on perfection. And, if He is perfect, He cannot change for the worse for the same reason. If God ever changed, or could ever change, we could never be sure of anything. …God cannot change because His very nature is unchanging. Therefore, He can never be wiser, more holy, more just, more merciful, more truthful; nor less. Nor do His plans and purposes change. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

—Max Anders

KEY VERSES:

• Malachi 3:6a
  “For I am the Lord, I change not;…”
• Numbers 23:19
  “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?”
• Hebrews 13:8
  “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”
• James 1:17
  “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
• Hebrews 6:17
  “Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:”
• Note: Do you realize that if God was not IMMUTABLE, we could never be ___________ of anything! He might _________ one thing, and yet, _________ another. Even if He loved us ______________, there would be no guarantee He would love us _________________!

KEY HISTORY:

The supernatural quality of the Bible’s unity and consistency is amazing when you see how it was actually achieved.

• The incredible ______________________________ in its writing.
  • The Bible was written over a period of almost __________ years!
  • Over _______ generations.
• The many _________________.
  • There were over _______ different writers.
• The many _________________________.
  • Moses was an Egyptian prince.
  • Joshua was a soldier.
  • Samuel was a priest.
  • David was a king.
  • Job was a rich farmer.
  • Amos was a poor farmer.
  • Ezra was a scribe.
  • Nehemiah was a cupbearer.
  • Isaiah was a prophet.
  • Daniel was a prime minister.
  • Matthew was a tax collector.
  • Mark was an evangelist.
  • Luke was a physician.
  • John was a wealthy fisherman.
  • Peter was a poor fisherman.
  • Paul was a tentmaker.
• The many ____________ from which they wrote.
  • They wrote on ____________ different ______________________.
  • They wrote from all kinds of different ________________.
    • In the desert (Exodus 17)
    • On Mount Sinai (Exodus 20)
    • In Palestine (Most)
    • In Egypt (Jeremiah)
    • On the Isle of Patmos (Revelation) • In Babylon (Daniel)
    • In Persia (Esther)
    • In Corinth (1 and 2 Thessalonians) • In Ephesus (Galatians)
    • In Rome (Colossians, 2 Timothy)
• The _____________________ in which they wrote.
  • The Bible was written in ____________ different languages: ________________, ______________, and __________________.
• The _____________ in which they wrote.
  • Some wrote in times of _____________ and others in times of __________.
• The different ________________ from which they wrote.
  • Some wrote in the heights of ________ and some wrote in the depths of _________________.
• The different ________________ on which they wrote.
  • They wrote on _____________________ of __________________ subjects.
• SO WHAT’S THE POINT?
  • Though the Bible was written over a period of almost 1600 years, with over 40 different writers who came from all kinds of different backgrounds, who wrote from three different continents and in three different languages, and all kinds of different times, places, and moods, and wrote on hundreds of controversial subjects, from Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is __________________ and reads as if it were written by _________ ________________. Of course, it was…____________!

KEY EXAMPLES:

• The Book of GENESIS and the Book of REVELATION
  • In GENESIS we read: “In the beginning God created the ___________ and the __________.” (1:1)
    • In REVELATION we read: “I saw a _______ heaven and a _________ earth.” (21:1)
  • In GENESIS we find the ___________ Adam with his wife Eve in the Garden of Eden, reigning over all the earth. (1:26–28)
    • In REVELATION we find the __________ Adam (I Corinthians 15:45), Christ, with His wife, the Church, in the City of God, reigning over the entire universe. (21:9–23)
  • In GENESIS we are told: “And the gathering of the waters called he _________.” (1:10)
    • In REVELATION we are told: “And there was no more _________.” (21:1)
  • In GENESIS God created the sun, the moon, and the day and the night. (1:5,16)
    • In REVELATION “there shall be _____ night there.” (22:5) “And the city had no need of the sun, neither the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.” (21:23)
  • In GENESIS the Tree of Life is ______________ to sinful man. (3:22)
    • In REVELATION the Tree of Life “yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” (22:2)
  • In GENESIS man hears God say: “______________ is the ground for thy sake.” (3:17)
    • In REVELATION man will hear God say: “And there shall be no more ______________.” (22:3)
  • In GENESIS Satan appears to ______________ man. (3:1)
    • In REVELATION Satan “shall be ________________ forever and ever.” (20:10)
  • In GENESIS man’s _____________ home was beside a river. (2:10)
    • In REVELATION man’s ________________ home will be beside a river – “And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.” (22:1)
  • GENESIS ends with a believer in Egypt, lying in a _____________. (50:1–3)
    • REVELATION ends with all believers reigning forever in eternity where there shall be no more _________________.” (21:4)^{1
      1}H.L. Wilmington, That Manuscript from Outer Space, (Nashville, Thomas Nelson Inc., Publishers, 1974), 83–84
• The Book of ISAIAH
• The Book of PROVERBS
  • ________ Books BEFORE it
    • Genesis
    • Exodus
    • Leviticus
    • Numbers
    • Deuteronomy
    • Joshua
    • Judges
    • Ruth
    • 1 Samuel
    • 2 Samuel
    • 1 Kings
    • 2 Kings
    • 1 Chronicles
    • 2 Chronicles
    • Ezra
    • Nehemiah
    • Esther
    • Job
    • Psalm
  • ________ Books AFTER it
  • Ecclesiastes
  • Song of Solomon
  • Isaiah
  • Jeremiah
  • Lamentations
  • Ezekiel
  • Daniel
  • Hosea
  • Joel
  • Amos
  • Obadiah
  • Jonah
  • Micah
  • Nahum
  • Habakkuk
  • Zephaniah
  • Haggai
  • Zechariah
  • Malachi

THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE & THE UNFOLDING OF HISTORY…THROUGH THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy
• Joshua
• Judges
• Ruth
• 1 & 2 Samuel
• 1 & 2 Kings + 1 & 2 Chronicles
• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• Esther
• Job
• Psalms
• Proverbs